The College Sports Television (CSTV)/American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 15 men's NCAA Division I and II volleyball teams as ranked by 16 coaches with records through January 8, 2006 (first place votes in parenthesis):
| RK | TEAM | RCD | PTS | PVS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Long Beach State (7) | 3-0 | 229 | 3 |
| 2. | UCLA | 2-1 | 210 | 2 |
| 3. | Pepperdine (4) | 0-0 | 202 | 1 |
| 4. | BYU (5) | 2-0 | 196 | 8 |
| 5. | Cal State Northridge | 2-1 | 169 | 6 |
| 6. | Penn State | 0-0 | 166 | 4 |
| 7. | Hawai'i | 0-0 | 141 | 7 |
| 8. | UC Santa Barbara | 1-2 | 128 | 5 |
| 9. | UC Irvine | 3-1 | 121 | 12 |
| 10. | Ohio State | 2-0 | 111 | 9 |
| 11. | Loyola-Chicago | 0-0 | 66 | 10 |
| 12. | Pacific | 1-2 | 40 | 13 |
| Southern California | 1-2 | 40 | NR | |
| 14. | Ball State | 0-0 | 33 | 15 |
| 15. | Stanford | 1-3 | 28 | 11 |
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: George Mason 20, IPFW 13, Lewis 6.
One team mentioned on only one ballot for a total of one (1) combined point.
No poll this week.
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